Re: Small remark - Was: Backup Oracle ? Online Redo Log.

Those "consultants" don't know Oracle. They shouldn't have opened their mouths at all. And now we are speechless ! Hemant K Chitale
http://hkchital.tripod.com

"Dusan Bolek" <pagesflames_at_usa.net> wrote in message news:1e8276d6.0201110140.40c82f18_at_posting.google.com...
> "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
news:<3c3d744b$0$1586$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...
> > Without doubt, the current redo log is the
> > Achilles' heel of the entire Oracle architecture -which is why they
invented
> > redo log mirroring (or, more accurately) multiplexing so that total loss
of
> > the current log should be a very rare occurrence -making attempted
backups
> > of it even more of a waste of time than they otherwise would be.
>
> Only small off-topic remark. Just few days back I had here two
> consultants from well known worldwide consulting company. They trying
> to sell us some new system based on Oracle database. One of my many
> comments to their design was absence of any backup strategy for this
> extremely important server. They responded me in way, which almost
> knock me out.
> There is (they've said) no need for online, offline backup or running
> in ARCHIVELOG, because when using Oracle you will always lose, in case
> of failure, data from active redo log, so everything you need are only
> daily !exports!. And that's 1TB database we're talking about. This
> perfect logic made me speechless. :-)))
>
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Received on Fri Jan 11 2002 - 10:00:41 CST